It was finally opening day. Corvus and Crystal both had their green Starbucks aprons on, the coffee was ready to go, the green sign was lit up, and the doors were unlocked.
But there were no people lining up to order coffee.
"This isn't going how I thought it would," Crystal said with a frown, slumping down behind the register.
"Let's give it a bit longer," Corvus said. "We may get a lunch rush."
Five hours later they still hadn't had a single customer. The enthusiastic atmosphere from earlier had all but disappeared.
"What do we do?" Crystal asked in an almost panic. "We put our entire savings into this! We're already failing."
"I have a backup plan," Corvus said calmly. "No worries."
Corvus exited through the front door and approached the Starbucks sign above the door. She pulled her wand out, flourished some complicated wand movements and said, "Cantis Locomotor."
The siren in the Starbucks sign began to move. Her head slowly turned from side to side, and it looked as if her hair was being moved by a breeze. Occasionally, her hands would move as if beckoning someone over. Then the siren began to sing a soft vocal melody.
"What did you do?" Crystal asked, staring up at the sign in amazement.
"Enchanted the siren to lure in customers," said Corvus with a smirk. "Hopefully we'll get some customers coming in who have an inexplicable desire for coffee."
"That sort of seems like cheating," Crys said with a laugh. "But I approve."
Ten minutes later, their first customer came through the door.